Fortunate Timing: My Life on Kookaburra Farm by William Joseph Scott

Book Description

Secondhand. Very good condition. Minor wear to book corners and edges. Includes a loose-leaf map. Signed and stamped by author.

Fortunate Timing is the story of Doodlakine farmer William (Bill) Joseph Scott. Born two months after the start of WWII and the youngest of eight children, it offers a glimpse into the early days of farming in Western Australia's Central Wheatbelt.

From droughts to the Iraqi war to dubious political policy, hard times came and went over the years. Yet Bill's success in farming is clear - from live pig exports to Burma to life membership of the West Australian Pig Breeders Association and serving as a Councillor of the Royal Agricultural Society.

Looking back on his farming life, Bill considers his success the result of hard work, living within one's means ... and fortunate timing. (publisher blurb)